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ForceNews: Updated files reader
Table Of Contents:
1) Functionality / Description
2) Setup
3) Unregistered Restrictions
1) Functionality:
Have you ever created a newsletter file to update users as to the
current goings on of your BBS only to have very little of them actually read
it?? I HATE that... With this in mind, I came up with this cute little
utility.
What this does is FORCE all users to read a specified file if that file
has been updated by the sysop since the last time that user logged on whether
they want to or not. They cannot [S]top the display nor can they [N]onstop
through it. The only thing that they can do is press [ENTER] when the end of
the page comes. Although they CAN simply keep pressing enter, they will at
least be forced to view it. A time delay will be added to future releases of
this application so that the user will have to wait a certain time before
they can even press [ENTER].
You can also set it up so that more than one file will be displayed
to the users. And it need not be the newsletter. It could be ANY file that
you wish.
2) Setup:
You must create a file called FORCENWS.INI in the current directory (The
Wildcat Home Directory). All of the WILDPACK applications MUST be run from
your Wildcat Home Directory. A sample will be included, but unless you are a
registered sysop, the FORCENWS.INI will not be used. However, even if you are
an unregistered sysop, the INI file MUST EXIST.
Here is an example of the FORCENWS.INI:
C:\WILDCAT\DISP\NEWSLTR1
C:\WILDCAT\BULL\NEWSLTR2
Here is what it all means:
Fullpath\filename(without extension)
*Notice: The filename does NOT have an extension. This is because the
application adds the extension depending on the display mode that
a user is logged in. Currently, this will not work in RIP mode, but
a minor revision will be following shortly that will. The file name
in the specified directory with the extensions .SCR or .BBS.
You can set up as many updated files that you want to be displayed to
any user that logs on AFTER the file has been updated.
3) Unregistered Restrictions:
The only restriction is that only one file will be displayed and that
file is <WILDCAT HOME DIRECTORY>\DISP\NEWSLTR (ie, C:\WILDCAT\DISP\NEWSLTR).
That file must exist.